Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Aaron Dolman // drums Cole Birney-Stewart // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Kevin Dean // trumpet Alexis French // trumpet Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Filmed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano John Buck // drums Mike De Masi // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Kevin Dean // trumpet Alexis French // trumpet Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Filmed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Evan Shay // tenor Aaron Dolman // drums Mike De Masi // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Kevin Dean // trumpet Pierre Mendola // flute Thomas Daudlin // baritone Filmed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

In this session, the participants explore a single idea in-depth – an improvisation evolving from the whole group playing one pitch in unison. Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Aaron Dolman // drums Mike De Masi // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Kevin Dean // trumpet Alexis French // trumpet Pierre Mendola // flute Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Evan Shay // tenor Filmed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

This week's improvisatory explorations include looking at Jean-Michel's "satellite" approach to improvisation, attempting to musically represent the goings-on of a construction site and more. Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Aaron Dolman // drums Mike De Masi // bass Alexis French // trumpet Pierre Mendola // flute Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Evan Shay // tenor

This week, the session focuses on improvisations where each ensemble member plays around a different note in a chord, improvising in the style of a sarabande and exploring what happens when those two concepts are combined. Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Aaron Dolman // drums Mike De Masi // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Pierre Mendola // flute Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Evan Shay // tenor

In this session, Jean-Michel Pilc brings in a vamp to use as a launching point for improv and trombonist/arranger Jean-Nicolas Trottier leads the group through "First Impressions," a road map he wrote for collective improvisation. Later, both ideas are combined to interesting results. Featuring Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Aaron Dolman // drums Mike De Masi // bass Rémi Bolduc // alto Pierre Mendola // flute Alexis French // trumpet Kevin Dean // trumpet Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Evan Shay // tenor

This session sees the ensemble explore two different pieces by Jean-Michel Pilc, both of which act as looser road maps for improvisation. Featuring Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Marika Galea // bass Aaron Dolman // drums Pierre Mendola // flute Evan Shay // tenor Alexis French // trumpet Kevin Dean // trumpet

Featuring: Jean-Michel Pilc // piano Mike De Masi // bass John Buck // drums Rémi Bolduc // alto Evan Shay // tenor Alexis French // trumpet Jean-Nicolas Trottier // trombone Pierre Mendola // flute